Signiant Launches Media Shuttle Mobile App

Simplifies professional news gathering and enables collection of
crowd-sourced content

August 18, 2014 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Signiant, the market leader in intelligent file movement software, today
announced the availability of the Media Shuttle Mobile App, which allows
users to submit files via Signiant’s Media
Shuttle™ hybrid SaaS file transfer solution from a mobile device.
With the Mobile App, available for iPhone and iPad, it’s now even easier
for users in the field to securely and reliably send any size file, from
anywhere, fast.

“In today’s increasingly mobile business landscape, employees working
remotely or in the field need the ability to quickly and easily send
critical assets back to home base,” said Rick Clarkson, VP of Product
Management, Signiant. “We developed the Media Shuttle Mobile App to meet
our customers’ demands for field access to the product they rely on to
move high-value content.”

Media Shuttle gives news organizations the ability to create dedicated,
branded news gathering portals that can be integrated into newsroom
workflows. With the Mobile App, it’s now easy for reporters to upload
video content directly from their mobile device into a Media Shuttle
portal – from anywhere in the world over a wireless network. It also
enables the citizen journalism initiatives that are emerging in many
major news organizations to source unique content and increase consumer
engagement. Members of the public can download the App for free and
easily submit breaking news to a portal belonging to a network or
publication.

Benefits of the Mobile App include:

Simplicity – The App’s super-simple, intuitive user interface
is designed for journalists on the run;

Speed – Users take advantage of file transfer speeds up to 200
times faster than standard internet transfers; and

The Media Shuttle Mobile App is available for download via the Apple App
Store for iPhone and iPad, with additional platforms planned for the
future. For more information, please visit www.signiant.com/media-shuttle.

About Signiant

Signiant’s intelligent file movement software helps the world’s top
content creators and distributors ensure fast, secure delivery of large
files over public and private networks. Built on Signiant’s patented
technology, the company’s on-premises software and SaaS solutions move
petabytes of high-value data every day between users, applications and
systems with proven ease. www.signiant.com